Russell L Olson

RUSSELL L. OLSON, a consultant on institutional investing, retired in 2000 as the director of pension investments worldwide for Eastman Kodak. He had overseen Kodak's pension funds since 1972. Over the last thirty years, Olson also worked with a range of endowment funds. He was named one of America's nine best pension officers by Institutional Investor magazine in 1987 and was Investment Management Institute's first Plan Sponsor of the Year in 1993. Olson is also the author of The Independent...See more

RUSSELL L. OLSON, a consultant on institutional investing, retired in 2000 as the director of pension investments worldwide for Eastman Kodak. He had overseen Kodak's pension funds since 1972. Over the last thirty years, Olson also worked with a range of endowment funds. He was named one of America's nine best pension officers by Institutional Investor magazine in 1987 and was Investment Management Institute's first Plan Sponsor of the Year in 1993. Olson is also the author of The Independent Fiduciary: Investing for Pension Funds and Endowment Funds, also published by Wiley. See less